Just 150 years ago the world was an entirely different place: the British Empire stretched from one corner of the globe to the other, whether the theoretical 'flying machine' could really be created was a matter of fierce debate, the US was on the verge of civil war, colonial powers warred over territory in Africa, there was no motorized car, no Sherlock Holmes, no Bram Stoker's Dracula, no telephone, no Statue of Liberty, Iran was Persia,...